Author: mary

I was 38 years old before it really occurred to me, hey who the hell am i, what do i really want out of life, and how do i get it? I should have tried to figure that out at 20, but when i hit the brick wall of responsibility i rebelled against childhood issues…

A New Feudal System The feudal system in the “dark ages” was justified by the belief that one group of people (the nobles) was inherently better than the rest (peasants, serfs, general peons, etc.) – there was a natural hierarchy due to their “breeding.” The “strong” could repress the “weak” because it was their natural…

Capitalism The goal of capitalism is to pay the cheapest wages, use the cheapest materials and processes and sell the results for the highest possible price, to result in the most profit or capital, which is then supposed to be reinvested to make more of the same. We know what the results of largely unregulated…

DEFINITIONS Let’s define some terms to eliminate some usual misunderstandings right away: Communism Communism is derived from the same root as community, common, and commune. Because of all the baggage, a better word is probably “commonism.” Communism is everything that is shared in common, owned collectively by we the people, including even now public roads,…

(NOTE: I didn’t mean for so many of my articles here to have the word “suck” in the title! But it just happened that two of them, written at completely different times, needed to be divided into multiple parts. Anyway, here we go…) The issue here is not really capitalism as a whole, it is…

What is an artist? Creative? Intuitive? Weird. Outside the box. What box? Outside of my own box. Raconteur? That sounds “rakish” but it really just means “storyteller.” We’re telling our stories and we must be arrogant enough to believe enough other people will relate to them for us to make a living at it. Freaks…

Who decided that if I tie something tightly around my neck I will work more effectively? What the hell is that? It’s bad enough that we’re judged by what we look like, what we have, what we do, who we know and how hip we aren’t. All of those assessments are based on the shape…

A little thing i wrote years ago, but, better late than never… Who needs coffee? Just wake up late enough so that if you catch one stop light red, you’ll get fired. It may take awhile of being late to work up to this point, but so much the better. I wake up by screaming…

Here’s a little something i wrote many years ago for a co-worker who left for a new job: Please mark your calendars for a celebration/mourning of sorts, as Diane is leaving our humble enclave for pastures at least as green (although she’ll still be outstanding in her field ? . ‘Twil be a mourning for…

 LAST CHANCE I know this is getting way long, so let’s move to the last game of the year. The pressure is on, i have to talk to her, it’s my one goal of the night (in addition to doing my job well as always ? ). But i decide to relax and wait for…

(Shortly here i switch to present tense, i don’t know why but it feels right so i’ma just leave it.) A BAD DAY At a concert i hadn’t seen her the whole time even after walking to the other side to see if i could. Once the event is over i am always hell bent…

This season, Veronica was joined by another girl (we’ll call her Jessica), at least as cute but she just seemed more approachable, so i thought i would make more of an effort if i could, plus with the two of them i could talk to both, less awkward. She is also very young though, and…

This got so long i split it into four parts. I wrote this partly to document it for myself, but i hope people can relate, regardless of the gender(s). Whenever i get a new job, especially a temp one, or join a new group or go to a meeting (or wherever! The grocery store?), i…